Sunday, February 10, 2013

CHINESE NEW YEAR 2013

The Chinese New Year 2013 has been enthusiastically celebrated with colour and style, to mark the arrival of the Water Snake - which Chinese astrology considers powerful and associated with the notion of Karma.

The Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, begins on February 10 and marks the start of the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac. The event is celebrated by billions of Chinese people world wide from the first day of the first month of the lunar year and ends with Lantern Festival on the Fifteenth day.

Celebrations Around the World

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Performers take part in a dragon dance on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Snake, in China town in Manila on February 9, 2013. The Dragon Dance is usually performed during the Chinese New Year to bring in good luck and prosperity

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Traditional Chinese dancers wait to perform ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Suphan Buri province, about 65.2 miles (105 km) north of Bangkok February 8, 2013.

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The head of the dragon dance costume is seen as Chinese Cambodian men perform in celebration of the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year in front of the Royal Palace, Phnom Penh February 9, 2013.

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Women buy clothes ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Bangkok's Chinatown February 9, 2013.

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A Chinese paramilitary police officer dressed as a Qing Dynasty servant before a re-enactment of an ancient ceremony of Qing Dynasty emperors praying for good harvest and fortune during the opening ceremony of the Spring Festival Temple Fair at the Temple of Earth park on February 9, 2013 in Beijing, China.

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Snake toys are displayed for sale at a temple fair to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year at Ditan Park (the Temple of Earth), in Beijing, February 9, 2013.

Chinese folk artists prepare to perform during the opening ceremony of the Spring Festival Temple Fair at Dragon Lake Park on February 9, 2013 in Beijing, China.

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Chinese folk artists prepare to perform during the opening ceremony of the Spring Festival Temple Fair at Dragon Lake Park.

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Visitors stroll near the trees decorated with red lanterns ahead of Chinese New Year celebrations in Beijing.

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A calligrapher writes down best wishes for the lunar new year or Tet in Vietnamese, for customers outside the Temple of Literature in downtown Hanoi on February 8, 2013. Vietnamese will have from this week-end a nine-day long Tet holiday, the longest ever lunar new year holiday provided by the Vietnamese government.

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A Sentosa Island staff volunteer prepares to pose for photos after the completion of a 100m (328 feet) long sand snake sculpture, entitled Glittering Snake Trail by Singaporean sand sculptor JOOheng Tan, during a media preview of the Sentosa Flowers festival on Singapore's Sentosa Island February 4, 2013. A total of 128 staff volunteers took part to help colour the snake, which forms the Chinese character "Fortune", with colour-dye sand. The flower festival, which will usher in the Lunar Year of the Snake, will be opened to the public on the eve of the new year on February 9.

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People walk through the entrance arch during the public opening of the 2013 River Hongbao Festival at The Float at Marina Bay on February 8, 2013 in Singapore. This annual event is an integral part of Singapore's Chinese New Year celebrations and showcases larger-than-life lantern displays.

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A dancer performs the face-changing dance during Chinese New Year festivities at West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alta. on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013.

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Wayne Lee wears a festive hat during Chinese New Year festivities at West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alta. on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013.

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